This white paper describes how HP and SAP can optimize the application lifecycle for our mutual customers. In summary:

• HP helps SAP customers by providing solutions that optimize the entire SAP application lifecycle. The HP solutions help you to implement, upgrade and go live with SAP applications and manage the SAP application-change lifecycle.
• You can use HP software solutions and SAP Solution Manager to optimize your SAP applications.
• HP provides capabilities for managing the SAP and non-SAP application lifecycle to enhance the quality, performance and availability of the end-to-end business processes spanning today's heterogeneous IT landscapes.